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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 9:24 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2007, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 070228
TORMAF
TXC371-070315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0038.070507T0224Z-070507T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
924 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 31 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD...OR 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON.
THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND
310.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 070237
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
936 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
TXC371-070315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070507T0315Z/
PECOS TX-
936 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...
AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BAKERSFIELD...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON. THIS TORNADO WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY ON US HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 452 AND
460. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THIS STORM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED NORTH TO INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF
BAKERSFIELD. LARGE GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE
10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND 310.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265
$$
05000
WWUS54 KMAF 070249 CCA
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
TXC371-070315-
/O.COR.KMAF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070507T0315Z/
PECOS TX-
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...
AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO IS LIKELY EAST OF
HIGHWAY 285...HOWEVER HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE REMAINS LIKELY
ON HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 450 AND 458.
HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE STORM AS
IT TRAVELS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 296 AND 308.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265
$$
05000
WWUS54 KMAF 070307
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
TXC371-070315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070507T0315Z/
PECOS TX-
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...
AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTH OF
BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
AT 855 PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM
25 MILE SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 302 AND 309...NEAR THE US HIGHWAY 190 JUNCTION EAST
OF BAKERSFIELD. QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 6, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 66 min |
| May 6, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 49 min |
| May 7, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 7, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 54 min |
| May 7, 2:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 7, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 66 min |
| May 7, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 61 min |
| May 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 48 min |
| May 7, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 58 min |
| May 7, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 66 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.